Eric Schneiderman

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News about Eric Schneiderman, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 20, 2015

Editorial welcomes ethics proposals from New York Atty Gen Eric Schneiderman to end culture of corruption in Albany; contends that in posing challenge to, and reaching beyond, Gov Andrew Cuomo's proposals, Schneiderman has laid out plan for real and meaningful change; holds that smaller changes proposed by Cuomo will not be enough to root out graft. MORE

Mar. 20, 2015

Bank of New York Mellon will pay $714 million to settle lawsuits filed by United States Attorney Preet Bharara and New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman charging bank fleeced government pension funds and other investors on currency trades for more than decade. MORE

Mar. 17, 2015

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman announces his ethics reform plan, which includes provision to increase salaries for state legislators, ban outside jobs and end per diem payments. MORE

Mar. 11, 2015

New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman opens inquiry into Lumber Liquidators following episode of 60 Minutes that accused discount retailer of selling laminate wood floors with high levels of formaldehyde; consumers flooded state and federal safety agencies with concerns about the carcinogenic material following broadcast. MORE

Feb. 24, 2015

New York State Attorney General Eric T Schneiderman’s office is reportedly reviewing whether casino bidding process was fair; three licenses were recommended to State Gaming Commission in 2014. MORE

Feb. 17, 2015

Lawyers representing homeowners whose houses were severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy have uncovered more than 500 doctored engineering reports, which have been used by insurance companies to deny claims; discovery has spurred FEMA to undertake investigation into how reports were doctored, as well as criminal inquiry by New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman. MORE

Feb. 5, 2015

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman is expected to announce agreement with Amphastar Pharmaceuticals to offset increased price for naloxone, drug that is used to reverse heroin overdoses; Schneiderman had characterized sharp increase as unacceptable. MORE

Jan. 8, 2015

A company that buys consumer debt is expected to vacate 4,500 court judgments over concerns that its debt collection lawsuits were riddled with errors and fabrications. MORE

Dec. 19, 2014

Office of New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman warns major retailers to mind state law banning sale of realistic-looking toy guns unless they have orange stripe on barrel. MORE

Dec. 9, 2014

New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman looks to Gov Andrew M Cuomo to allow his office to investigate and prosecute law enforcement officials involved in killings of unarmed civilians; calls on state legislators to pass laws to return public confidence to criminal justice system. MORE

Dec. 2, 2014

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman demands explanation from Amphistar Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of heroin antidote naloxone, for steep increase in price of drug; in April, Schneiderman's office began $5 million program to reimburse police departments across state for purchases of critical lifesaving drug, and has since seen price surge, in some cases even doubling. MORE

Nov. 1, 2014

New York Atty Gen Eric Schneiderman and challenger John Cahill both say that political associations run by Democratic and Republican attorneys general must discontinue taking money from corporations that are targets of investigations; Schneiderman says he may step down from his party’s group if it did not curtail practice. MORE

Oct. 31, 2014

Republican John P Cahill and Democratic incumbent Eric T Schneiderman trade insults and invectives in their only debate in battle for New York State attorney general's seat. MORE

Oct. 27, 2014

New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman has reached agreement with St John's University and two other institutions under which schools will drop question asking about former arrests and felony convictions from applications; agreement comes in response to concerns about unintended discrimination tied to racial imbalances in how some crimes are processed. MORE

Oct. 23, 2014

Editorial endorses re-electing Eric Schneiderman as New York State attorney general and Thomas DiNapoli as state comptroller. MORE

Oct. 22, 2014

Aribnb's official partnership with the New York City Marathon has awkwardly coincided with legal battle between the apartment sharing service and New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman; thousands of runners are choosing to use service rather than local hotels as it pushes into the booming industry of running tourism. MORE

Oct. 21, 2014

Ad Campaign column analyzes 30-second television advertisement from re-election campaign of Attorney General Eric T Schneiderman of New York; ad, which seeks to burnish his image as a no-nonsense lawman, also seems to counter Republican rival John P Cahill's contention that the attorney general has been less concerned with law enforcement than with career enhancement. MORE

Oct. 16, 2014

New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman's report on home rental service Airbnb finds that nearly three-quarters of all Airbnb rentals in New York City are illegal, violating zoning or other laws; Schneiderman and city regulators plan to shut down illegal hotels, while investigations into violations of building and safety codes and tax regulations begin. MORE

Oct. 10, 2014

John P Cahill, Republican candidate for New York attorney general, is using the Moreland Commission shutdown to attack Democratic incumbent Eric T Schneiderman. MORE

Sep. 16, 2014

New York Attorney Gen Eric T Schneiderman files antitrust lawsuit seeking to stop pharmaceutical company Actavis from forcing patients with Alzheimer's disease to switch to new version of its widely used drug Namenda; argues move is attempt to blunt competition from low-priced generic versions. MORE

Sep. 2, 2014

Eric T. Schneiderman, New York’s attorney general, filed a suit on Tuesday that accuses Evans Bank of denying mortgages to African-Americans in Buffalo regardless of their credit. MORE

Jul. 26, 2014

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman obtains court order halting sales at New York City hotel Manhattan Club after time-share owners complain they are often told they could not reserve rooms due to lack of availabilty, while at same times rooms were available to general public. MORE

Jul. 5, 2014

James B Stewart Common Sense column notes fraud suit filed by New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman against Barclays has prompted exodus of customers from bank's high-frequency trading operating; contends suit should also be signal for clients of all opaque private venues known as dark pools, which account for estimated 40 percent of total trading volume. MORE

Jun. 17, 2014

Six major retailers, including Walmart and Costco, agree to display prices by unit of measurement, as well as by item, on their websites and mobile apps; deal is brokered by New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman. MORE

Jun. 15, 2014

New York’s attorney general is taking aim at databases that have been criticized for limiting access to banking services. MORE

May. 22, 2014

Airbnb and New York law enforcement officials come to agreement after dispute over rental data; under terms of deal, New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman will get information he is seeking about Airbnb hosts in New York City, but it will be stripped of names and other personally identifiable information. MORE

May. 21, 2014

Democratic New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman, as he accepts his party's support for re-election, is facing a hodgepodge of criticism from Republicans, who say they have a realistic chance of dethroning him in November; he faces GOP opponent John P Cahill. MORE

May. 14, 2014

Popular apartment-sharing service Airbnb wins legal standoff when New York State judge rules that company does not have to give up customer records as part of investigation by attorney general Eric T Schneiderman; company is fast to claim victory in one of most prominent of several conflicts between members of Internet's sharing economy and government officials. MORE

May. 1, 2014

Editorial holds short-term rental services like Airbnb may have advantages but they undermine housing regulations and make housing less affordable by restricting supply in big cities; supports New York State Atty Gen Eric Schneiderman's investigation into such services: holds subpoena of user data is necessary to understand how short-term rentals are being used in New York City and to expose those who are violating the law. MORE

Apr. 23, 2014

New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman issues subpoena for apartment-sharing company Airbnb's list of hosts in New York City because he thinks some of them are breaking law that makes it illegal to rent out apartment for less than 30 days; Airbnb fights subpoena in court, arguing that it is fundamental attack on company's very existence because much of what it offers in New York is short-term rentals in apartment buildings. MORE

Apr. 15, 2014

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman announces that he has reached settlement with Westbrook Partners and Normandy Real Estate over their management of rent-regulated apartment buildings; will require the landlords to make repairs, resolve thousands of building violations and provide tenants with rebates for illegal fees and overcharges totaling more than $1 million. MORE

Apr. 3, 2014

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman is expected to announce push to have law enforcement officers across the state carry naloxone, drug that is effectively an antidote to overdose; program, designed to help curb surge in deaths from heroin and opioid prescription pills, will be funded primarily from $5 million in criminal and civil seizures. MORE

Mar. 27, 2014

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman will announce settlement that bans Hollywood Tans NYC, indoor tanning salon in Chelsea, from making misleading health claims about the safety of its tanning beds; will announce similar settlement with parent company HT Franchising Management LLC, which has six other franchises in state, and prohibits company from marketing to high school students. MORE

Feb. 27, 2014

New York Observer article on New York Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman portrays him as vindictive and politically opportunistic, and also includes a robust defense of Donald Trump; Trump is the father-in-law of Observer owner Jared Kushner, and acquaintance of editor Ken Kurson; dueling accusations of impropriety have prompted high-level spat in Trump's orbit. MORE

Feb. 20, 2014

New York State Attorney General Eric T Schneiderman proposes legislation that will allow people who have confessed or pleaded guilty to crime they did not commit to sue state for damages, even if they cannot prove coercion. MORE

Feb. 10, 2014

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman is expected to outline legislation that he hopes will force banks to take responsibility for so-called zombie properties, houses that have been abandoned before banks have finished foreclosing on them; New York State has roughly 15,000 zombie homes and leads the nation in the time required to foreclose on a home, at almost three years. MORE

Jan. 21, 2014

New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo and State Attorney Gen Eric T Schneiderman reach an agreement on how to divide a big piece of the $613 million that state received as part of securities settlement with JPMorgan Chase over mortgage-lending practicies; will split $163 million of the funds, with half being distributed by Schneiderman’s office and rest going to state’s general fund; two have not reached agreement on allocating remainder. MORE

Jan. 16, 2014

New York Gov Andrew M Cuomo and Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman have long been at odds, but now fractiousness is spilling over into the running of the state government; huge $613 million securities litigation settlement from JPMorgan Chase has brought new bitterness to their conflict as they gird for battle over how to spend it; people in both their camps say their relationship has gone from bad to toxic. MORE

Jan. 14, 2014

Michael Powell Gotham column; New York Attorney Gen Eric T Schneiderman and Gov Andrew M Cuomo diverge sharply on what to do with $613 million JP Morgan Chase has agreed to pay New York State in mortgage-related settlement; Schneiderman wants to use money to write down thousands of troubled mortgages, while Cuomo aides hint that money should get funneled into state treasury to help pay for thick menu of election year tax cuts. MORE

Jan. 9, 2014

BlackRock, world's largest asset management company, agrees to end its practice of asking Wall Street analysts for their opinions of companies before that information is made public; decision is part of settlement with New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman. MORE

Dec. 11, 2013

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman is investigating why American cellphone carriers have yet to embrace antitheft software on Samsung smartphones, raising questions about coordination among the biggest carriers. MORE

Oct. 1, 2013

The lawsuit is expected to accuse the bank of flouting the terms of a multibillion-dollar settlement aimed at stanching foreclosure abuses. MORE

Aug. 27, 2013

Editorial welcomes suit brought by New York Atty Gen Eric Schneiderman against Donald Trump's Trump University, for-profit organization that promised to teach students how to get rich quickly in real estate; says suit offers compelling evidence that venture was little more than bait-and-switch scheme that victimized thousands. MORE

Aug. 25, 2013

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman files civil lawsuit seeking at least $40 million, accusing Donald Trump's Trump University of engaging in illegal business practices; claims for-profit investment school was run as unlicensed educational institution and made false claims about its classes, engaging in elaborate bait-and-switch. MORE

Aug. 12, 2013

The New York attorney general sued Western Sky Financial and its affiliates, which claim ties to American Indian tribes that exempt them from state restrictions on interest rates. MORE

Aug. 1, 2013

The state’s attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, sent letters to six banks seeking information about the use of databases that disqualify people seeking to open checking or savings accounts. MORE

Jul. 17, 2013

New York State Atty Gen Eric T Schneiderman is questioning why, more than eight months after Hurricane Sandy tore through New York, charities still have not disbursed almost $240 million of the $575 million in relief money they collected to help victims of storm; he sends letters to some of the bigger charities, like American Red Cross, asking them to explain how they have handled the donations. MORE

Jul. 8, 2013

The New York attorney general is looking into early release of data after Thomson Reuters announced that it was suspending the release of a survey to clients who paid extra. MORE

Jul. 7, 2013

Yielding to pressure from New York’s attorney general, Thomson Reuters is expected to suspend the early release of a closely watched consumer confidence index, which it has delivered two seconds in advance to clients willing to pay extra. MORE

Jun. 13, 2013

Prosecutors from New York State and San Francisco want phone makers to add features that would make stealing a smartphone pointless. MORE

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The action comes after the New York State attorney general’s office accused GNC and three other major retailers of selling herbal supplements that were fraudulent or contaminated with unlisted ingredients.